Hot Potato is a game that many children will enjoy. Here is how to play it.
1Get around 3 - 7 children.
2Make them sit in a circle.
3Tell each child to clench their hands together into a big fist in front of them.
4One child is the hot potato. Tell them to pick a random child, and going clockwise, tap each child's hands to the rhythm of (one tap per word), "Hot potato, hot potato, I have one in my hand, I drop my hot potato in your hands!".
5Whoever they have 'dropped' the 'hot potato' on must then split their hands into two fists.
6Continue until someone is 'potato'd' twice. Then they must spread the hand 'potato'd' flat, as if to shake hands with someone.
7Once someone's flat out hand is 'potatoed', they must place that hand behind their back. The aim is to be the last person with a hand or hands left out in the circle.
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- You could replace this with 'banana split'. In this instance, the children move their hands in the same way, but the 'hot potato' is a 'banana split', and they say "Banana, banana, banana split".
- When tapping, don't tap to hard, as this may cause pain to a younger child.
Things You'll Need
- 3 - 7 children